Munster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread IV

phog

I think I have the fixtures in one table now. Any gaps?

The dates for the Pro12 and ERCC games are the Friday of the scheduled weekend.

Date Day Time Fixture Home Away
08/08/15 Sat 14:30 Test Wales Ireland
14/08/15 Fri 19:00 F Munster Grenoble
15/08/15 Sat 17:00 Test Ireland Scotland
21/08/15 Fri 19:45 F Munster Connacht
28/08/15 Fri 19:00 F Munster London Irish
29/08/15 Sat 14:30 Test Ireland Wales
04/09/15 Pro12
05/09/15 Sat 14:30 Test England Ireland
11/09/15 Pro12
19/09/15 Sat 14:30 RWC-PD Ireland Canada
27/09/15 Sun 16:45 RWC-PD Ireland Romania
02/10/15 Pro12
04/10/15 Sun 16:45 RWC-PD Ireland Italy
11/10/15 Sun 16:45 RWC-PD France Ireland
16/10/15 Pro12
17/10/15 RWC QF
23/10/15 Pro12
24/10/15 RWC SF
30/10/15 Pro12
31/10/15 RWC Final
06/11/15 Pro12
13/11/15 ERCC
20/11/15 ERCC
27/11/15 Pro12
04/12/15 Pro12
11/12/15 ERCC
18/12/15 ERCC
25/12/15 Pro12
01/01/16 Pro12
08/01/16 Pro12
15/01/16 ERCC
22/01/16 ERCC
29/01/16 Pro12
07/02/16 Sun 15:00 6N Ireland Wales
12/02/16 Pro12
13/02/16 Sat 15:25 6N France Ireland
19/02/16 Pro12
26/02/16 Pro12
27/02/16 Sat 16:50 6N England Ireland
04/03/16 Pro12
12/03/16 Sat 13:30 6N Ireland Italy
19/03/16 Sat 17:00 6N Ireland Scotland
25/03/16 Pro12
01/04/16 Pro12
08/04/16 ERCC QF
15/04/16 Pro12
23/04/16 ERCC SF
29/04/16 Pro12
06/05/16 Pro12
13/05/16 ERCC F
20/05/16 Pro12 SF
27/05/16 Pro12 F

thomond2006

Is GVDH expected to be fit for the start of the season?

Wang King

Nice to see Paddy Ryan getting a shot with Newcastle on a 2 yr deal

thomond2006

Saili potentially arriving sooner than November is awesome news. Bleyendaal, GVDH and Stander all had write off first seasons after arriving in November.

slingerz

Saili will be here in mid August I believe

the_blackstuff

slingerz wrote: »

Saili will be here in mid August I believe

That's great. The November arrivals don't work out to we'll most of the time. Most give seem to lose their first year over it.

Micky Dolenz

Is it possible to pick up the black training jersey anywhere in limerick. The Munster store is shut down at the moment.

Cookiemunster

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Is it possible to pick up the black training jersey anywhere in limerick. The Munster store is shut down at the moment.

The Munster store is closed for good. Lifestyle is the official retailer now.

kub

Cookiemunster wrote: »

The Munster store is closed for good. Lifestyle is the official retailer now.

That explains the outlet in Maylor Street, Cork also.

Thank you

athtrasna

Major sadface at that news. I loved those shops

sioda

Have lifestyle exclusive rights as Gleesons and Limerick sports store no longer have munster gear

Cookiemunster

sioda wrote: »

Have lifestyle exclusive rights as Gleesons and Limerick sports store no longer have munster gear

Lifestyle have been the official retails partner since 2013. They kept the stores in Limerick and Cork open until the leases ran out. Now every Lifestyle store is supposed to have a Munster section.
They don't have exclusive rights to everything, but you can only buy the ERCC gear from them. I'd say the other shops not having anything is more to do with the new range not being available until the 25th.

sioda

No even towards the end of last season lines started disappearing Gleesons who had a good rugby section inside the door since reopening is gone

phog

Munster's B&I Cup Fixtures

Munster A Management Team
Head Coach Mick O'Driscoll
Backs Coach Greig Oliver
Assistant Coach Doug Howlett
Manager Alan Miller

Pools
Pool 1: Ealing, Moseley, Leinster, Rotherham
Pool 2: Bedford, Scarlets Premiership Select, Bristol, Ulster Ravens
Pool 3: Ospreys Premiership Select, Yorkshire, Munster, London Scottish
Pool 4: Nottingham, Cardiff Blues Premiership Select, London Welsh, Cornish Pirates
Pool 5: Dragons Premiership Select, Connacht, Doncaster, Jersey

British and Irish Cup Pool 3 Fixtures
Round 1 13-15 Nov
Yorkshire v Ospreys Premiership Select
London Scottish v Munster

Round 2 20-22 Nov
Ospreys Premiership Select v London Scottish
Munster v Yorkshire

Round 3 11-13 Dec
Munster v Ospreys Premiership Select
Yorkshire v London Scottish

Round 4 18-20 Dec
Ospreys Premiership Select v Munster
London Scottish v Yorkshire

Round 5 15-17 Jan
Yorkshire v Munster
London Scottish v Ospreys Premiership Select

Round 6 22-24 Jan
Ospreys Premiership Select v Yorkshire
Munster v London Scottish

Quarter-Finals
Taking place on weekend of 12 March, 2016
Top side in each pool progress to knockout stage, plus three best runners-up
Eight quarter-finalists ranked with teams ranked 1-4 having home advantage

Semi-Finals and Final
Four winning quarter finalists progress to semi -final draw which takes place on weekend of March 2016

Semi-finalists progress to final to take place on weekend of 9 April 2016

thomond2006

athtrasna wrote: »

Major sadface at that news. I loved those shops

The Munster 'brand' isn't what it was I'd say and it probably made more sense to outsource the shops.

Cookiemunster

thomond2006 wrote: »

The Munster 'brand' isn't what it was I'd say and it probably made more sense to outsource the shops.

It has nothing to do with brand. Lifestyle have paid them to be the official retail partner and took over the stores when that deal began. They decided to run down the leases and close the stores as they have a better reach through their store network.

thomond2006

The FFR/LNR have upheld their decision to not allow Lille into ProD2 on financial grounds. So now Lille are appealing to the French Olympic Sports body. Sounds like a mess for LOD, hopefully it works out.

thomond2006

Billy Holland out for 10 weeks: http://www.munsterrugby.ie/news/20875.php#.VajX18t0yHs

That puts him out until October.

case885

That's a big blow especially if Ryan heads to the WC, big chance for madigan to step up.

thomond2006

case885 wrote: »

That's a big blow especially if Ryan heads to the WC, big chance for madigan to step up.

Is Dave Foley going to be back in time for September? If he's still out Munster could be down to DOC + academy player as the starting pair.

jm08

thomond2006 wrote: »

Is Dave Foley going to be back in time for September? If he's still out Munster could be down to DOC + academy player as the starting pair.

He was due back in June, so he should be ok. You can see him walking around in the gym in the latest Munster video.

thomond2006

Fixtures released:
http://www.pro12rugby.com/matchcentre/fixtures_list.php#XIWJxbGU8lLrzkzS.97

Until New Year:

- Treviso (H, Cork)
- Ospreys (A)

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two week break

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- Glasgow (H, Limerick)

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one week break

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- Cardiff (H, Cork)
- Scarlets (A)
- Ulster (H, Limerick)
- Edinburgh (A)
- ERCC 1
- ERCC 2
- Dragons (A)
- ERCC 3
- ERCC 4
- Leinster (H, Limerick)

After a scan through all the fixtures there doesn't appear to be any particularly difficult period.

Munster vs Leinster on Stephen's weekend means another derby with rested players. That sucks.

Cookiemunster

FFS Glasgow and Ulster on Fridays with 6pm KOs. How on earth do they expect people to get to these games?

BobMc

more friday 6pm slots, thats going to please a ton of supporters - NOT !!

Cookiemunster

BobMc wrote: »

more friday 6pm slots, thats going to please a ton of supporters - NOT !!

Last season the Friday games were 6:45 or 7:15 KOs so it wasn't too bad. Anyone not working in the city center will struggle to make these KO's.

thomond2006

I only noticed the 6pm times. That can't be right surely?

total former

thomond2006 wrote: »

I only noticed the 6pm times. That can't be right surely?

That was my first reaction, that it's an error, but then I figured it might be an attempt to avoid clashing with RWC matches.

Redderneck

Those kick-off times are horrible if accurate. You'll have fellas in Limerick not able to make those FFS. What chance in hell does anyone travelling any distance have?

This'll help move more fans to game-by-game ticket sourcing and to hell with season memberships.

awec

total former wrote: »

That was my first reaction, that it's an error, but then I figured it might be an attempt to avoid clashing with RWC matches.

The Glasgow one is the same night as NZ v Georgia which won't have much impact on any crowd even if they conflicted.

The Ulster game is on the same night as the third place playoff, so you can see why they have moved it earlier.

total former

awec wrote: »

The Glasgow one is the same night as NZ v Georgia which won't have much impact on any crowd even if they conflicted.

I'd imagine it's that the broadcaster doesn't want to compete with NZ rather than any concern over people coming through the turnstiles.